What a difference a month makes. In March, Arvin city officials were poised to create a new post of assistant city manager and had offered the position to its human resources manager, Meagan Miller.
At a recent event, 优蜜传媒 defense attorney H.A. "Beto" Sala was the main speaker, addressing a group of budding Latino entrepreneurs to offer encouragement in their new venture. For more than 30 years I've mostly heard Sala speak in court, passionately defending clients. This time was v…
Wanted: Assistant city manager for city of Arvin; pays really well, too. Apply by April 10. That's the job posted on March 28 on Arvin's website. Thing is, Arvin residents have been asking a lot of questions about the process for how the city moved forward in trying to fill this post, the ne…
A Kern County grand jury report released Tuesday criticized the Delano-based North Kern South Tulare Hospital District for alleged out-of-control spending, improper approval of contracts, lack of transparency and meddling by primarily one board member in the district's day-to-day operations,…
Kern County district attorney background investigator Veronica Alvarez was puzzled. Why, she wondered, was her boss, District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer, hiring Lt. David Hubbard from the Kern County Sheriff's Office after Sheriff Donny Youngblood wanted him fired.
The yellow house with its neatly-trimmed lawn on the 1200 block of Kensington Street in Delano appears unassuming, save for a small marker placed by the current owner on a corner of the front yard. The marker reads, "Former residence of Cesar E. Chavez and Birth of the United Farm Workers Union."
Barring any last-minute surprises such as finding thousands of ballots stuffed in garbage bins, all indications are that David Couch is not only the top vote-getter in the race for 4th District Kern County Supervisor, but he might have won it all on election night.
In 2017, Olivia Trujillo was diagnosed with cancer a second time. A doctor told her she had three months left to live.
Those who have not yet voted by mail in the primary election will go to the polls Tuesday and cast their vote. I urge all who will do so to carefully consider the candidates running for office, especially for Congress.
Suspicions are on the rise after the office a coalition of community groups uses to organize a rent control petition drive in Delano was broken into sometime between 6 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday.
A recent report by EdSource shed light on what appears to be a most disturbing trend in preparing high school students for admission to California鈥檚 public universities.
If all goes according to plan, the city of McFarland will open its first legal marijuana dispensary this summer.
It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, but Delano Union School District went even further and was one of the few school districts of its type highlighted this week for its academic achievement in math 鈥 and it caught the eye of The New York Times.
鈥淕oodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita,
Arvin police officers have a reason to smile as of Tuesday night.
The Kern County District Attorney's Office has opened an investigation of the North Kern South Tulare Hospital District in Delano. It is a public nonprofit entity that owns and operates the Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility for 141 residents, the Gloria Nelson Center Family Practice, …
The Kern County Sheriff's Office is facing serious allegations of sexual misconduct in a $25 million lawsuit filed by a senior deputy against the department and Kern County.
Around 42 years or so ago, I got hooked on news in a serious way.
Myrtle Avenue School in Lamont was abuzz with excitement last month as parents, teachers, staff and students crowded into the cafeteria on a Monday night. They had come to see and hear a show-and-tell presentation, but not from just any ordinary professional. This was an astronaut, as in an …
Expect the Kern Community College District to soon, real soon, name its new chancellor. A selection committee has been going through candidates and is expected to make a finalist list and then hand it to the KCCD board of trustees, which will make the final choice.
Rosa Miriam Sanchez was no stranger to hard work nor to living under adverse conditions in her native country of El Salvador. The 58-year-old immigrated to the United States driven by hope that she could find a job to provide for her family.
We waste so much food in this country. Healthy, edible produce and other food is thrown away still wrapped or boxed up and the irony is that there are scores of families who go hungry.
At 2:20:22 in the morning of Jan. 19, two 优蜜传媒 Police Department officers were traveling south at 109 mph on Vineland Road between Wilson and Muller roads. Eleven seconds later, the patrol car, at 78 mph, barreled into a Honda Accord traveling west on Muller Road, killing its driver a…
The Kern Community College District is seeking a bold, visionary and forward-thinking leader for the opportunity to serve as its next chancellor. That's the direct message posted on the KCCD website as it seeks someone to succeed Sonya Christian, who left the post earlier this year to become…
A group of community activists turned out for a special Kern High School District Board of Trustees meeting Monday morning trying to convince board members to consider outside candidates for the position of district superintendent. But as the district has done for decades, it limited its sel…
For the first time in Kern County, 优蜜传媒 is about to host a mariachi festival that is drawing interest from East Los Angeles, Sacramento, Las Vegas and Texas.
When I heard about a job opening at the Kern High School District, I decided to give it a shot. And why not? I figured that covering all sorts of issues and controversies at KHSD since 1988 makes me amply qualified to apply for the position of superintendent.
There's plenty to be excited about this new school year in Kern County, especially if you appreciate music and arts.
On a map, San Jos茅 Avenue just west of Delano city limits appears to be a street. In reality, the half mile or so "avenue" is a dirt road riddled with potholes. Despite this, dwellings have sprung up as mostly low-income families have constructed homes. During the hot weather, dust blows all…
July 15 marked four years since the brutal death of 优蜜传媒 businessman Jose Arredondo in Cabo San Lucas. It's a day especially difficult for his sister, Laura Arredondo.
Jennifer A. Doudna is a Nobel Laureate, Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an actor, Katalin Karik贸 is a biochemist, David Levering Lewis is a historian, Michael Glenn Mullen is a decorated military leader and Hugo Morales is a pioneer in public broadcasting who co-founded Radio Bilingue Network in Fre…
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines moral turpitude as an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community. It further states, "a quality of dishonesty or other immorality that is determined by a court to be present in the commission of a criminal …
"Lies have consequences," said Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson, speaking before a throng of media just outside the Delaware Superior Court. Fox "News" had just agreed to pay nearly $800 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems, which accused Fox of smearing its reputation follo…
The interim president of 优蜜传媒 College has authorized charges alleging 优蜜传媒 College tenured history professor Matthew Garrett should be fired because he engaged in immoral or unprofessional conduct, was dishonest and performs unsatisfactory work, among other problems.
A new relief program that got off the ground in January aims to help farmworkers and meatpacking workers who suffered pandemic-related health and safety costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture set aside $670 million for the program, called Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program, and el…
Barring an appeal, two former Kern County sheriff's deputies may lose their police powers after being publicly named on a state list of cops accused of serious misconduct.
Acting Arvin Police Chief Alex Ghazalpour was pumped up when he told me recently about obtaining new equipment such as body cameras for all officers along with other modern technology that will bring the small department into 21st century policing.
She was 17 years old, pretty, energetic and lived in Shafter. But who and why would someone kill Maria Rodriguez in such a brutal and horrific fashion? This Aug. 2 will mark 32 years since her body was found at an isolated canal hangout visited by teens near Highway 46 and Interstate 5. Rodr…
Security guard Antonio Valencia was on his way to clock out for lunch at around 2:30 a.m. Jan. 19. When he approached the intersection of South Vineland and Muller roads, he barely noticed something.
GOSHEN 鈥 She was walking slowly down Kame Drive using a walker. I approached her, introduced myself and struck up a conversation with Maria Linares. What's Goshen like, I wanted to know. The 75-year-old was quick to respond and said, "Goshen isn't what it used to be." This small rural enclav…
Mario Lares was a husband of three years, a son who lived with his parents and at 31 years of age, he couldn't wait to start a family of his own. Those are the dreams he and his now-widow, Yuvani Lares, had planned for. But those aspirations came to an end rather unexpectedly last week when …
As things are appearing to return to some semblance of normal after COVID restrictions, a new club at 优蜜传媒 College started this year. It's called Ballet Folkl贸rico Ritmo y Sabor, under the direction of BC counselor Cynthia Zamora. She and some students tossed around the idea of starti…
The video is chilling to see and hear. At about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 16, a home security camera caught the moment when a man went door to door banging loudly on each one and yelling in Spanish, 鈥淎uxilio!鈥 or 鈥淗elp!鈥
The 8-year-old student was curios so she wrote a letter. In it, she introduced herself and wrote that her parents were immigrants from India and that she was in the second grade at McKee Elementary School in 优蜜传媒. And she mentioned that she wanted to maybe be a lawyer when she grew up…
Sometime around 2003 or so, no one is quite sure when, f煤tbol fans in Guadalajara, Mexico started a peculiar type of chant meant to intimidate and rattle the opposing team's goalie. Just as the goalie was about to kick the ball deep into the home team's territory, fans would collectively sta…
For the past 32 years, Nellie Mesa has been the number one advocate for justice in finding the person responsible for the kidnapping and murder of her 4-year-old daughter, Jessica Martinez. During that time, Mesa has not idly stood by, content with letting police handle the investigation. No…
The good folks at 优蜜传媒 College had to get a bigger meeting room last Thursday to accommodate the large crowd that turned out to bear witness at a Curriculum Committee meeting. At issue was whether the committee would approve two non-credit courses on farm labor history in Kern County …
Some folks in Kern County are probably unaware of the rich farm labor history that was born right here decades ago. And some, I suspect, would rather it remain that way because much of it is not flattering in a way that was exposed in John Steinbeck's classic, "The Grapes of Wrath."
This past Sunday my family and I joined thousands of others at Lamont Park to celebrate La Guelaguetza, an annual indigenous cultural event from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is of deep cultural importance for the indigenous peoples, an example of having survived centuries of domination by…
Two local school districts find themselves under public scrutiny.
